I have revised the windows introductory page a little bit, to hopefully allow a better structure to develop over time. In addition I have migrated an article originally written for otn, but never published, to the new site. In the article I cover the use of windows scripting technologies to automate various day to day dba tasks, somewhat similar to Casimir Saternos' article on Linux shell scripts. The new article is Windows Scripting for Oracle DBAs

Scripting

Database Administrators and Systems Administrators both know that they have a large number of routine, repetitive tasks to perform that are subject to error, either simple typographical error or by omitting or repeating steps inadvertently. These categories of tasks are eminently suitable for scripting.
On Unix platforms such scripting is often performed by means of a shell script indeed job descriptions for database administrators often list shell scripting as a required skill. The windows platform shell (cmd.exe) is a relatively poor environment for shell scripting, largely due to its backwards compatibility with the MS-DOS PC environment common in the 1980s and 1990s.This is often leads Unix administrators to consider the Windows environment as lacking in facilities to script repetitive administration tasks. There are however a number of technologies available to the administrator on windows platforms that readily allow scripting of regular maintenance tasks.